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Dec 16, 2016

A protester dressed as Santa Claus is arrested on the third floor, between the House and Senate gallery during a special session of the N.C. General Assembly at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Dec. 16, 2016.

Ethan Hymanehyman@newsobserver.com

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